ST. IGNATIUS – The Mission Bulldogs lost a coaching icon last week. Coach Les Rice, 61, died after a long battle with lung cancer on Monday, Feb. 11.
“I can think about him and cry and smile at the same t...

It was a go-to-the-store for laundry detergent and come home with fabric softener kind of day. But hey, everyone has bad days. Not one of us has a corner on that market.
And bad days are in the eye of the beholder. I...

It took a Lake County jury less than three hours of deliberations before finding a Lakeside man guilty of four of five felony charges. Dustin Hayes Knox, 42, was accused of pouring gasoline on a woman after breaking into her Lake Vista Court home on July 5, 2018.
The trial began Monda...

POLSON – The bar at 18 Main Street in downtown Polson, which for several decades was known as the Wolf Den and more recently was the Vine and Tap, now has a new name and owners.
Dusty and Mandy Kisler purc...

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Nearly 25 volunteers showed up to help make the free annual Ronan Community Thanksgiving dinner as warm and comfortable as a family gathering.
It also took 22 turkeys and 35 pies to feed more than 400 people, and when guests were stuffed, only three pies and a trace of turkey remained.
“I think e...

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, the days following Thanksgiving, have become the year’s biggest shopping days and a jumpstart for the holiday season for retailers.
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, was a heavy shopping day for Americans. Nationwide, a quarter of...

RONAN — In 2008, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality put forth a report stating Ronan did not have enough water storage, fire flow, water supply or water treatment to meet regulations. Driven by governing bodies on the state and federal level, the Ronan City Council voted 5-1 in 2008 in fav...

Clients for food pantries in Polson and Ronan dropped by about 20 percent in September and October, but now numbers are climbing again as the holidays approach and the economy is still uncertain.
“We had a record day on Nov. 20,” said Bryan River, manager of Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry....

ST. IGNATIUS — High school volleyball players from the Mission and Jocko Valleys got one last chance to shine at an all-star volleyball game Nov. 15 hosted by the Mission Lady Bulldogs.
Lady Bulldog assistant coach Annie Morigeau said the event was a rousing success, especially with only a week&rsqu...

RONAN — The regularly scheduled Ronan City Council meeting was postponed the night of Nov. 13 due to a lack of a quorum.
A minimum of four city council members must be present to take a vote. As there were only three council members in attendance, the meeting was moved to noon the following da...

RONAN — With stockings, wreaths and a Santa Claus or two hanging from the light poles courtesy of Ronan Telephone Company, Main Street in Ronan is taking on a holiday air. Then to make the street even more festive, students from Kicking Horse Job Corps came to town last week and put up trees for the Ro...

RONAN — Every child knows the story of the Pilgrims and Native Americans sitting down together and feasting for three straight days during the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock in 1621.
Now, nearly 400 years later, the tradition lives on as friends and family gather every year to eat good fo...

RONAN —Thank you to all who worked at our spaghetti fundraiser last Saturday. Those who came to eat and those who donated to the center are also appreciated. We did not have as good a turnout as we had hoped for, but we had a great time.
The center will be closed on Thursday and Friday of this week,...

Editor,
In a state of “fright,” we’re pleased to say that the latest fundraising activity by our loyal friends from Timberlane Auto and Ronan Power Products was a screaming success. The organizers did an awesome job with the props, program and personnel … those kids (mor...